Fox News Digital led all news brands in multiplatform views and multiplatform minutes in the third quarter of 2026, according to Comscore.
Comscore reported Fox News Digital delivered 4.6 billion multiplatform views in Q3 2026; The New York Times finished second with 3.8 billion and CNN third with 1.3 billion. In multiplatform minutes, Fox News Digital totaled 10 billion minutes, while the Times recorded 3.1 billion. Comscore said it was the 17th consecutive quarter Fox News led news brands in views and the 22nd consecutive quarter it led in minutes.
Fox News Digital posted 170 million average total digital multiplatform unique visitors during the quarter, an 11% year-over-year increase versus Q3 2025, and 76 million average desktop/mobile unique visitors, Comscore reported. Comscore also said CNN experienced its worst quarter since 2015 across average total digital unique visitors, multiplatform views and multiplatform minutes.
Comscore data showed the Fox News mobile app averaged 6.5 million unique viewers in the quarter compared with 2.7 million for the CNN mobile app.
Emplifi ranked Fox News Media the No. 1 news brand on YouTube for the eighth consecutive quarter, reporting 918 million video views for Fox News. Emplifi listed MS NOW at 889 million, CNN at 712 million, ABC at 442 million, NBC News at 356 million and CBS News at 149 million video views for the quarter. Comscore Social reported FOX Business’ YouTube generated 140 million video views and said it led the business competition for the 27th consecutive quarter. The Fox News report said Fox News Media’s combined platforms amassed 1.2 billion video views on YouTube for the quarter.
According to Emplifi and Comscore Social, Fox News Media also topped news brands in social media interactions for the quarter with 290 million interactions: 90.7 million on Facebook, 55.9 million on Instagram and 14.7 million on X.
The Fox News article said Fox News Digital, CBSNews.com, NBCNews.com, WashingtonPost.com and ABCNews.com have opted in to account for Social Incremental in Total Digital Multiplatform Unique Visitors, while CNN.com and NYTimes.com have not.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
